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He makes kites from scrap material and sells them for pocket change that he saves to buy food for himself and Abdallah

Or he plays marbles and hide and seek with other children in camp

He sweeps the tent each morning

Sometimes he draws childish pictures in his notebook

Children live in encampment that local volunteers created mainly to care for those orphaned in war in this camp alone there are roughly 1200 orphans according to camp administrators

Brothers are among at least 40000 children who have lost at least one parent since start of war according to statistics published by Palestinian Authority in West Bank

In July that aunt was killed in a strike on a nearby tent that also wounded the boys according to Ms Abu Salah the surviving aunt

Sajed and Abdallah were cared for by another aunt for nearly two years

Alma was later evacuated to Turkey for treatment relatives told The Times

Sajed survived the attack unscathed but his sister Alma now 12 and brother Abdallah now 8 suffered head injuries according to video of the aftermath and their surviving relatives

By the time they could reach the street safely months later little was left of the body

Ashraf Abu Hilal’s brother spotted him lying dead in a nearby street a day later Ms Abu Hilal said

Ashraf Abu Hilal never returned

Ashraf Abu Hilal a former janitor tried to return to their home last August seeking to retrieve some goods that he could sell for food according to Ms Abu Hilal

Tala hurled the stone at a tent

Before the war Tala was the star of her class and sometimes got up in the middle of the night to cram for tests Ms Abu Hilal said

Tala 8 seems most affected by the lack of classes

The sisters have lost four semesters of learning while Bisan who should have started school this year has never received formal education

Ms Abu Hilal has a phone with a broken screen that barely responds to her touch

The internet is often inaccessible for families like Hala’s